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https://www.sampad.org.uk/about/

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Sampad's mission is to connect people with South Asian and British Asian Arts and Heritage, and to play a cutting-edge role in the creative economy.

Sampad believes in the power of arts and heritage to impact widely on all communities towards bringing people together from all walks of life.
Celebrating South Asian Arts & Heritage
Breaking down barriers
Amplifying unheard voices
Moving beyond 30 years, we continue to play an instrumental role in promoting and encouraging British Asian arts, so that they progress, break new ground and enrich mainstream culture in the UK. We support, commission and co-produce a huge variety of arts and heritage activities inspired by diverse artforms that originate from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

We have a strong track record of delivering high-quality dance, music and theatre productions, digital events and workshops in education, community and outreach settings. We also provide professional development for artists, cultural leaders and young people.

We receive kind support from Arts Council England and Birmingham City Council and work closely and strategically with Midlands Arts Centre, where we are based.

Sampad is also a member of Culture Central - a collective voice for culture in Birmingham.

For hard copies of any of our publications, please call 0121 446 3260 or email info@sampad.org.uk.

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Sampad believes in the power of arts and heritage to impact widely on all communities towards bringing people together from all walks of life. Celebrating South Asian Arts & Heritage Breaking down barriers Amplifying unheard voices Moving beyond 30 years, we continue to play an instrumental role in promoting and encouraging British Asian arts, so that they progress, break new ground and enrich mainstream culture in the UK.

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Ensuring you take the time to pick out the relevant pieces when the impact measured and achieved. Encourages engagement & community building

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Used SROI to help the asset transfer process of old Courthouse building

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DTNI member Open House Festival has secured the asset transfer of Bangor Courthouse, representing the first Community Asset Transfer at nil value since the policy was introduced in 2016. If you've been following the story you will be aware that £30,000 was required for urgent capital works to the listed Victorian building on Bangor seafront which would allow them to acquire the asset on a temporary basis until such time as full re-development is possible. That money has now been secured thanks to a hugely successful crowdfunding campaign and a combination of fundraising activities, and grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund (NI), The Architectural Heritage Fund and Ulster Garden Villages.It has taken four years' work and collaboration with various bodies to bring the transfer to completion, and is a perfect example of how the CAT policy can and should work.
DTNI identified the project back in 2014, which was originally driven forward by Bangor Shared Space. Unfortunately for them plans were not quite ready to come to fruition at that time, but fortunately DTNI was able to recruit OHF who were able to demonstrate capacity and festival director Kieran Gilmore then worked with us to refine the application.From the DTNI pool of consultants came accredited SROI practitioner Karl Leathem to measure the social return on investment; as well as business mentor Stephen McGarry from Gauge NI, for social impact measurement. DTNI was the facilitating body responsible for negotiating the transfer from the NI Courts & Tribunal Service/Department of Justice, and brokered the support of both the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Architectural Lottery Fund for additional funding. The positive impact that this project has the potential to bring is immense. OHF have been running the festival in Bangor for a number of years now, always putting together a thoughtfully-curated lineup ( see the OHF website for their 2018 programme). To have a permanent venue for art, music, theatre and film will be an incredible boost for the town - not just culturally, but socially and economically too. These are the benefits that community ownership can bring and DTNI will continue to work on behalf of its members and the wider third sector for the community right to bid and to own ( read about our campaign for Community Rights legislation).

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DTNI member Open House Festival has secured the asset transfer of Bangor Courthouse, representing the first Community Asset Transfer at nil value since the policy was introduced in 2016.

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Taking people back to basics - do they understand the links between what they're delivering and the impact they're having? Do they have a ToC or Logic Model to articulate their impact?

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What tools you currently use
What are others doing
What tools are available for us to use

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Govt. 5 themes around Social Value Procurement 

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Govt. 5 themes around Social Value Procurement 

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COVID recovery
Economic Inequality
Climate Change
Equal Opportunity
Wellbeing
& How does Heritage link to these 5 themes...

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A bit too far to visit but might come and talk. Land-based heritage site benefitting from social prescribing.

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Coffin Works (Birmingham Conservation Trust)

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Coffin Works (Birmingham Conservation Trust)

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Traditional heritage visitor attraction but with a good entrepreneurial ethos.

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Should we be exploring value as well as impact? 

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Should we be exploring value as well as impact? 

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What is the value of the impact they're having and who are they creating the value for?
Is the value a proxy, savings, redistribution, cash.. etc

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Reflecting on current understanding of impact and any tools they currently use (Baseline survey responses)

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Reflecting on current understanding of impact and any tools they currently use (Baseline survey responses)

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Creating clearer ways of recording process

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Importance of embedding in everyday activity 

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Importance of embedding in everyday activity 

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So that impact measurement isn't seen or treated as a pain in the a$$ : ) or a thing we have to do to satisfy a funder

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Being holistic in impact measurement.

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Embedding community engagement into strategy

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e.g. staff/volunteer wellbeing

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Sharing info on their existing income sources

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Sharing info on their existing income sources

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work together to place them on impact/income scale

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beyond the obvious

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As Stephen suggested the site visits/case studies should highlight impact relating back to trading

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Understanding the opportunities around WHY - funding requirements, tenders, investors or patrons (linked to the audience piece suggested)

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Understanding the opportunities around WHY - funding requirements, tenders, investors or patrons (linked to the audience piece suggested)

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Working collaboratively around a common outcome
The collective outcomes from the Heritage Trade Up orgs - all working around a few common outcomes can have significant impact

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To evaluate trade-offs between higher impact and higher earning activities/spaces

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Who is their audience for measuring impact
Different audience may need impact measurement in different format/style - financial impact / qualitative impact

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Work on the WHY - who are beneficiaries, what you do and how it benefits them (Stakeholder Mapping)

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Work on the WHY - who are beneficiaries, what you do and how it benefits them (Stakeholder Mapping)

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What do they understand as being their impact
What measurement tools do they use currently

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Exploring nature of trading - continuum between charitable and trading income

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Exploring nature of trading - continuum between charitable and trading income

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Great examples of Orgs communicating well

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Great examples of Orgs communicating well